The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1922
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
4:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -1
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.32° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.22° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.